New Hampshire transportation officials are heading to Rochester this month to discuss raising the speed limit on a section of the Spaulding Turnpike in Dover.
Earlier this year, the state raised the speed limit to 70 along most of Interstate 93 from Canterbury north to the Vermont border. The Department of Transportation is now considering raising the limit from 55 to 65 mph north of exit 9 on the Spaulding Turnpike in Dover. The state doesn't need approval from local communities, but transportation officials will meet with Rochester officials on Nov. 18 to discuss the idea.
State traffic engineer Bill Lambert told Foster's Daily Democratthat a feasibility study showed that most traffic already is going 65 to 70 mph in that area.